Trumpf

German

Etymology

From a popular pronunciation of Triumph, from Latin triumphus. The sense developed under the influence of Middle French triumphe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trʊm(p)f/, [tʁʊmpf], [tʁʊmf]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Trumpf m (strong, genitive Trumpfes or Trumpfs, plural Trümpfe)

  1. (card games or figuratively) trump
    Antonym: Fehl

Proper noun

Trumpf m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Trumpfs or (with an article) Trumpf, feminine genitive Trumpf, plural Trumpfs)

  1. a surname.

Declension

Declension of Trumpf [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Trumpf die Trümpfe
genitive eines des Trumpfes, Trumpfs der Trümpfe
dative einem dem Trumpf, Trumpfe1 den Trümpfen
accusative einen den Trumpf die Trümpfe

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Trumpf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Trumpf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Trumpf” in Duden online
  • “Trumpf” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Trumpf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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